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SallaLead Backend Engineer - PayLink
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LocationMakkah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
Typefull-time
SeniorityLead
Experience8+ yrs
DepartmentTechnology
Company size501–1,000 people
PostedSep 28, 2026 · 1mo ago
Verified live1d ago
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8+ years in Java backend with strong Spring Boot
Proven technical leadership while remaining hands-on in the code
Hands-on payments / fintech experience is required — you have worked on real payment or financial-transaction systems
Hands-on experience with at least one payment processor or gateway (e.g. MPGS, Cybersource or mada)
Strong microservices, REST API design, relational databases and automated testing
Delivery on containers (Kubernetes) with CI/CD
AI-augmented engineering — you actively use AI coding tools such as Claude Code in your day-to-day development
Experience with more than one payment processor / gateway
Cloud platforms (OCI, AWS or Azure); event-driven systems (Kafka)
Skills
Java
Spring Boot
MPGS
Cybersource
mada
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Claude Code
OCI
AWS
Azure
Kafka
About the role
We’re looking for a hands-on engineering lead who sets technical direction, owns code quality, and builds payment-critical backend services on a modern Java stack, while guiding and growing a team of backend engineers.
Responsibilities
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Provide hands-on technical leadership for backend engineering on a modern Java / Spring Boot stack.
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Design and build payment-critical backend services and APIs.
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Own code quality: standards, code review, testing and release readiness.
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Ensure correctness, reliability and security across the services the team owns.
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Mentor and grow backend engineers, and work closely with architecture and product.
Requirements
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8+ years in Java backend with strong Spring Boot.
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Proven technical leadership while remaining hands-on in the code.
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Hands-on payments / fintech experience is required — you have worked on real payment or financial-transaction systems.
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Hands-on experience with at least one payment processor or gateway (e.g. MPGS, Cybersource or mada). This is a requirement for this role.
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Strong microservices, REST API design, relational databases and automated testing.
•
Delivery on containers (Kubernetes) with CI/CD.
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AI-augmented engineering — you actively use AI coding tools such as Claude Code in your day-to-day development. This is a requirement for this role.
Nice to have
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Experience with more than one payment processor / gateway.
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Cloud platforms (OCI, AWS or Azure); event-driven systems (Kafka).